Skydance CEO David Ellison On Strikes: Both Sides “Need One Another To Move Forward”
deadline.comSkydance Media CEO David Ellison called the creative process a “community” where “both sides of this disagreement actually need one another to move forward.
So, my hope is that we can find a path to compromise so that everybody can get back to work and we can position ourselves for success going forward.” “We are not a member of the AMPTP, and some of my closest friends are the writers and actors that we work with to create content.
And, we literally work with every member on the AMPTP side,” he said during a Q&A at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia media conference in Las Vegas when asked about the strike – day 127 for the WGA and day 54 for SAG-AFTRA.
The annual investor event is mostly limited to public companies. At privately-held Skydance, “We want to always make sure we position ourselves to be able to be a publicly-traded company,” Ellison said.
Read more on deadline.com
